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Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their religion to endorse their ego, their identity.

I grew up very religious, and I don't have a great relationship with religion.

Sympathy with nature is part of a good person's religion.

Religions have always stressed that compassion is not only central to religious life, it is the key to enlightenment and it the true test of spirituality. But there have always have been those who'd rather put easier goals, like doctrine conformity, in place.

I grew up with a very religious background.

All religions try to benefit people, with the same basic message of the need for love and compassion, for justice and honesty, for contentment.

It is psychologically very hard to go through life without the justification, and the hope, provided by religion.

Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.

I tend to place my own value in spirituality rather than religiosity.

Any simple claim that you need religion to be good is flat wrong.